Portable seat.



No. 731,437. 7 PATENTBD JUNE 23, 1903. J. W. GZBRMAK & J. TISGHLER.

PORTABLE SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED snr'r. 14. 1901.

N0 MODEL.

A 7TORNEY.

WITNESSES: nv vENm/rs W v 3- 1 I; E I V A a/ flab/4* By UNITED STATESPatented June 23, 1903;

PATENT UFFICE.

JOHN \V. CZERMAK AND JOHN TISOHLER, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

PORTABLE SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 731,437, dated June23, 1903. Application filed $eptemher 14, 1901. Serial No. 75,425. (Nomodel.)

To atZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN W. CZERMAK and JOHN TISCHLER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Port Chester, in the county of Westchesterand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Portable Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable seats, and more particularly tofolding portable seats, and has for its object to provide a simple andimproved seat which will possess advantages in point. of convenience,inexpensiveness, effectiveness, and general efficiency and possess greatstrength, while occupying but little space either when in use or when intransit.

Many persons who through age, sex, condition of health, or other causescannot well stand for any length of time can convenientiy use ourimproved seat. It is useful at the race-course, athletic games,exhibitions, or any other place where people go in crowds, as well as onthe street while waiting for a car, or whenever for any cause a personis called upon to stop on the street. Many other occasions will readilysuggest themselves where a seat which can be readily and convenientlycarried without attracting notice will be desirable.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a seat embodying ourimprovements open. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same closed. Fig. Sisa detail sectional view of part of one of the braces and the adjoiningparts. Fig. 4 is sectional elevation (enlarged) of the head and leaves,showing folding ar- 'rangements.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same referencecharacters.

Our improved seat comprises in general a suitable pedestal 1, providedat its lower end with a friction device and having its upper partbroadened out and divided into two parts or leaves 2, hinged at theirlower'ends to said pedestal and adapted to turn down at right angles tosaid pedestal and away from each other, their adjoining faces whenclosed forming a seat when open.

In the form of our improved seat shown in thedrawings and which may bethe preferred form, if desired, 1 designates a pedestal,which may be ofany suitable material, size, and shape. If desired, the lower end of thepedestal 1 may be provided with a ferrule 3 and a friction device,herein shown as a rubber button 4, secured to the end of the ferrule 3in any suitable way, as byinserting the stern of the button 4 into anaperture 5 in the ferrule 3. The pedestal 1 may be divided into one ormore sections provided with means of joining them together. That shownin the drawings accompanying this specification is in two sections, theend of one of said sec tions having a screw-threaded hole 6 and the endof the other section being reduced in size and complement-arilyscrew-threaded, as at 7. The upper end of the pedestal 1 maybe enlargedand is herein shown as having ahead 8 rectangular in cross-section.Attached to the upperpart of said pedestal are two leaves 2, of anysuitable material, size, and shape, adapted to fold up against eachother parallel to the plane of the pedestal 1 or to turn in oppositedirections to positions at right angles to said pedestal 1, then forminga seat.

A convenient way of attaching said leaves 2 to I the, pedestal 1 is byhinges 9, which are herein shown as formed on a plate 10, which extendsaround the upper end of the pedestal 1 and is thereto secured, as byscrews 11. At two of the sides of the upper end of said pedestal l theplate 10 projects above such pedestal 1, and when the leaves 2 arefolded in parallelism with the pedestal 1 such projections 12 serve tocover the joint of said leaves 2 and the pedestal 1 and to more or lessbrace the same. The top of the pedestal 1 is shown with a groove 13 andthe lower ends of the leaves 2 are shown as formed cornplementarily, sothat when said leaves 2 are folded in parallelism with the pedestal 1such lower ends of the leaves 2 fit in and substantially fill up saidgroove 13. If desired, for convenience iii-carrying the seat when saidleaves 2 are folded in parallelism with the pedestal 1 the upper part ofthe leaves 2 may have hand-holes 1 1 out through them, which registerwith each other when the leaves 2 are turned in parallelism with thepedestal 1. The leaves 2 are adapted to be held at right angles to thepedestal 1, and a convenient means for so holding them is herein shownas braces 15, one end of each of which is piv- ICO otally secured to oneof the leaves 2 and the other end of such brace 15 slides in a recess 16upon the side of the pedestal 1.

As herein shown, a plate 17 is secured to the leaf 2 in any suitablemanner, as by screws 18, and has rising from it perforated cars 19,between which one of the ends of the brace 15 is pivotally secured by apin 20 passing through said cars 19 and said brace 15. EX- tendinglongitudinally along opposite sides of the pedestal 1 are two recesses16, and secured to the side of the pedestal 1 in any suitable manner, asby screws 22, are two plates 23, which have slots 24: complementary tosaid recesses 16, said slots 24 having at one end a circular enlargement25. One end of the braces 15 has a ball 26 formed on it, the sides ofsaid braces 15 being flattened adjacent to said balls-26 and the ends ofsaid braces 15 being slightly bent. The rounded end of the braces 15 isinserted through the circular enlargements 25 at the end of the slots 24and the plates 23 secured to the pedestal l in such a position that whenthe brace 15 is slid by the folding of saidleaves 2 along the slot 24:farthest toward the circular enlargements 25 the rounded end of thebrace 15 will not reach the said enlargements 25.

The operation and advantages of our invention will be readily understoodand appreciated. It is evident that when closed our improved seatoccupies a very small space, scarcely more than a cane or umbrella, andis inconspicuous either in form or otherwise. If it is desired to packthe seat in a shorter form, the same may be unscrewed and separated intotwo sections. WVhen occasion arises for its use, if it is unscrewed ordivided into two sections the sections are joined together and theleaves '2 are opened, and the device being placed on the ground a seatis taken on the opened leaves 2.

It will be evident that our invention and improvements are applicable toa variety of uses in their general scope and characteristics other thanthe specific use as a seat. It is furthermore manifest that variationand modification in the detail features of construction and in thearrangement of the parts may be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of our invention and improvements. We therefore reservethe right to all such variation and modification as properly come withinthe scope of our invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. Afoldingportable seat comprisinga pedestal providedwith recesses in its sides and a groove at right angles to said recessesin its top, leaves hinged at their inner ends to the top of saidpedestal and adapted when closed to project such inner ends into saidgroove, and braces having one end pivotally secured to said leaves andthe other end slidably secured in said recesses and adapted when theleaves are opened to rest upon the bottom of said recesses.

2. A folding portable seat, comprising a pedestal provided with recessesin its sides and a groove at right angles to said recesses in its top,leaves having their inner ends hinged to the top of said pedestal andadapted when closed to project such inner ends into said groove, slottedplates secured over said recesses, and braces pivoted at one end to theoutside of said leaves and slidably mounted at the other end in saidslotted plates and adapted when said leaves are open to rest at thebottom of said slots.

3. Afolding portable seat, comprising a sectional pedestal provided withslottedrecesses in its sides and a groove at right angles to saidrecesses across its top, leaves having their inner-ends hinged at thetop of such pedestal and adapted when folded to project such ends intosaid groove, and braces having one end pivoted to the outside of saidleaves, and the other end slidably mounted in said slot and adapted whenthe leaves are open to rest at the bottom of said slot.

4. A folding portable seat, comprisi'nga pedestal embodying an upperportion provided with a rectangular head having a longitudinal groove inits top and with recesses on opposite sides the axial planes of whichrecesses are at right angles to the axial plane of the groove and with athreaded opening in its bottom, and a lower portion provided with areduced top threaded complementary to the said threaded opening and withan antislipping device at the bottom; leaves having their inner ends cutaway complementary to the sides of the grooveand hinged at their outersides to the head and adapted, when opened, to project said ends acrossthe head and, when closed, to project said ends into the groove; platessecured over said recesses, and provided with slots having an enlargedupper portion; and braces pivoted at their upper ends to the outside ofthe leaves and provided near the lower ends with side grooves to receivethe edges of the slots.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names in the presence of thesubscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. OZERMAK. JOHN TISOHLER.

